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The Constitution 

OF THE 

General Society of Sons 
of the Revolution 



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By-Laws 



OF THE 



Pennsylvania State Society 



PHILADELPHIA 
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Instituted April 3d, 1888. 
Incorporated Sbptember 29th, 1890. 



FOUNDERS : 

©litter (Ttiristian Bosbpsbell 

©eorge Horace fiurgin 

German Bnrgin 

Kicliorb ft1c€all QTabtoalaber 

James QEbroarb Carpenter 

flobert Porter Decljert 

William dtjnrchill Oonston, Jr. 

lolin tDoolf Jorban 

Joeiah ©rantrille Cearh, 

ffilon Onnbar £ockrooob 

(STtjarlee Marshall 

Samuel U)h,itaker pennjipacker 

John Bibble Porter 

lUilliam Brooke-Uamle 

tOilliam tDanne 



Gift 
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%ty Constitution 



Done at the City of Philadelphia on the 12th day of February, 
1890, and of the Independence of the United States the one 
drcd and fourteenth. 



Adopted in the City of New York March 8th, 1890. 

I. 

It being evident, from a steady decline of a proper celebration Object of the 
of the National holidays of the United States of America, that 
popular concern in the events and men of the War of the Revo- 
lution is gradually declining, and that such lack of interest is 
attributable, not so much to the lapse of time and the rapidly 
increasing flood of immigration from foreign countries, as to the 
neglect, on the part of descendants of Revolutionary heroes, to 
perform their duty in keeping before the public mind the memory 
of the services of their ancestors and of the times in which they 
lived ; therefore, the Society of the Sons of the Revolution has 
been instituted to perpetuate the memory of the men who, in the 
military, naval and civil service of the Colonies and of the Con- 
tinental Congress by their acts or counsel, achieved the Independ- 
ence of the country, and to further the proper celebration of the 
anniversaries of the birthday of Washington, and of prominent 
events connected with the War of the Revolution ; to collect and 
secure for preservation the rolls, records, and other documents 
relating to that period ; to inspire the members of the Society 
with the patriotic spirit of their forefathers; and to promote the 
feeling of friendship among them. 

II. 
The General Society shall be divided into State Societies, The General 
which shall meet annually on the day appointed therefor in their s<>i:iet y- 
respective by-laws, and oftener if found expedient; and at such 



Officers of State 
Societies. 



annual meeting the reasons for the institution of the Society shall 
be considered, and the best measures for carrying them into effect 
adopted. 

III. 

The State Societies, at each annual meeting, shall choose, 
by a majority of the votes present, a President, a Vice-President, 
a Secretary, a Registrar, a Treasurer, a Chaplain, and such other 
officers as may by them respectively be deemed necessary, 
together with a board of managers consisting of these officers and 
of nine other members, all of whom shall retain their respective 
positions until their successors are duly chosen. 



Interchange of 
information 
between State 
Societies. 



Powers of tht 
State Societies. 



IV. 

Each State Society shall cause to be transmitted annually, 
or oftener, to the other State Societies, a circular letter calling 
attention to whatever may be thought worthy of observation 
respecting the welfare of the Society or of the general Union of 
the States, and giving information of the officers chosen for the 
year ; and copies of these letters shall also be transmitted to the 
General Secretary, to be preserved among the records of the Gen- 
eral Society. 

V. 

The State Societies shall regulate all matters respecting their 
own affairs, consistent with the general good of the Society ; judge 
of the qualification of their members, or of those proposed for 
membership, subject, however, to the provisions of this Constitu- 
tion ; and expel any member who, by conduct unbecoming a gen- 
tleman or a man of honor, or by an opposition to the interests of 
the community in general or of the Society in particular, may ren- 
der himself unworthy to continue in membership. 



Permanent 
Fund. 



VI. 

In order to form funds that may be respectable, each member 
shall contribute, upon his admission to the Society and annually 
(hereafter, such sums as the by-laws of the respective State 
Societies may require : but any of such State Societies may pro- 



vide for the endowment of memberships by the payment of proper 
sums in capitalization, which sums shall be properly invested as 
a permanent fund, the income only of which shall be expended. 

VII. 

The regular meeting of the General Society shall be held Meeting of the 
every three years, and special meetings may be held upon the ™ r* r °^" v 
order of the General President or upon the request of two of the tation therein. 
State Societies, and such meetings shall consist of two Delegates 
from each State Society and one additional Delegate for every 
one hundred (ioo) members or major fraction thereof; and on all 
questions arising at meetings of the General Society each Dele- 
gate there present shall be entitled to one vote, and no votes shall 
be taken by States, and the necessary expenses of such meeting 
shall be borne by the State Societies. 

VIII. 

At the regular meeting, a General President, General Vice- officers of the 
President, General Second Vice-President, Secretary, Assistant General Soci " y - 
Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Registrar, Historian, 
and Chaplain shall be chosen by a majority of the votes present, 
to serve until the next regular general meeting, or until their 
successors are duly chosen. 

IX. 

At each general meeting the circular letters which have been Recommenda- 
transmitted by the several State Societies shall be considered, and s '°^,° es to be a e 
all measures taken which shall conduce to the general welfare of considered by the 

,, r. . , General Society. 

the Society. 



X. 

The General Society shall have power at any meeting to Admission of 
admit State Societies thereto, and to entertain and determine all state Societies, 
questions affecting the qualifications for membership in or the 
welfare of any State Society as may, by proper memorial, be pre- 
sented by such State Society for consideration. 



Qualifications 
for Membership. 



List of members 
to be furnished 
the secretary of 
the General 
Society. 



Insignia of the 
Society. 



XI. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good 
character, and a descendant of one who, as a military, naval, or 
marine officer, soldier, sailor, or marine, in actual service, under the 
authority of any of the thirteen Colonies or States or of the Con- 
tinental Congress, and remaining always loyal to such authority. 
or a descendant of one who signed the Declaration of Independ- 
ence, or of one who, as a member of the Continental Congress or 
of the Congress of any of the Colonies or States, or as an official 
appointed by or under the authority of any such legislative bodies, 
actually assisted in the establishment of American Independence 
by services rendered during the War of the Revolution, becoming 
thereby liable to conviction of treason against the Government of 
Great Britain, but remaining always loyal to the authority of the 
Colonies or States, shall be eligible to membership in the Society. 

XII. 
The Secretary of each State Society shall transmit to the 
General Secretary a list of the members thereof, together with 
the names and official designations of those from whom such 
members derive claim to membership, and thereafter upon the 
admission of members in each State Society, the Secretary thereof 
shall transmit to the General Secretary information respecting 
such members similar to that herein required. 

XIII. 
The Society shall have an insignia, which shall be a badge 
suspended from a ribbon by a ring of gold; the badge to be ellip- 
tical in form, with escaloped edges, one and one-quarter inches in 
length, and one and one-eighth inches in width ; the whole sur- 
mounted by a gold eagle, with wings displayed, inverted ; on the 
obverse side a medallion of gold in the center, elliptical in form, 
bearing on its face the figure of a soldier in Continental uniform, 
with musket slung; beneath, the figures 1775; the medallion 
surrounded by thirteen raised gold stars of five points each upon 
a border of dark blue enamel. On the reverse side, in the center, 
a medallion corresponding in form to that on the obverse, and 
also in gold, bearing on its face the Houdon portrait of Washing- 



ton in bas-relief, encircled by the legend, " Sons of the Revolu- 
tion " ; beneath, the figures 1883 ; and upon the reverse of the 
eagle the number of the badge to be engraved ; the medallion to 
be surrounded by a plain gold border, conforming in dimensions 
to the obverse ; the ribbon shall be dark blue, ribbed and watered, 
edged with buff, one and one-quarter inches wide, and one and 
one-half inches in displayed length. 

XIV. 

The insignia of the Society shall be worn by the members on Manner of wear- 
all occasions when they assemble as such for any stated purpose lng ' e lnsi s n,a - 
or celebration, and may be worn on any occasion of ceremony ; it 
shall be carried conspicuously on the left breast, but members who 
are or have been officers of the Society may wear the insignia 
suspended from the ribbon around the neck. 

XV. 

The custodian of the insignia shall be the General Secretary, Manner of issu- 
who shall issue them to members of the Society under such proper j»g <"><* > den < ir >- 

J L L ing the insignia. 

rules as may be formulated by the General Society, and he shall 
keep a register of such issues wherein each insignia issued may be 
identified by the number thereof. 

XVI. 

The seal of the Society shall be one and seven-eighth inches seaiofihe 
in diameter, and shall consist of the figure of a Minute-man in Society. 
Continental uniform, standing on a ladder leading to a belfry ; 
in his left hand he holds a musket and an olive branch, whilst his 
right grasps a bell-rope ; above, the cracked Liberty Bell ; issuing 
therefrom a ribbon bearing the motto of the Society, E.vegi monu- 
mentum arc perennius; across the top of the ladder, on a ribbon, 
the figures 1776; and on the left of the Minute-man, and also on a 
ribbon, the figures 1883, the year of the formation of the Society; 
the whole encircled by a band three-eighths of one inch wide ; 
thereon at the top thirteen stars of five points each ; at the bottom 
the name of the General Society, or of the State Society to which 
the seal belongs. 



3Sp~2Utosi 

(Inclusive of Amendments adopted April 3d, 1907.) 



SECTION I. 



This Society shall be known by the name, style and title of Name of the 
the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution. Society. 



SECTION II. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good Qualifications 
character, and a lineal descendant of one who, as a military, naval, ormem ers lp - 
or marine officer, soldier, sailor, or marine, in actual service, under 
the authority of any of the thirteen Colonies or States or of the 
Continental Congress, and remaining always loyal to such author- 
ity, or a lineal descendant of one who signed the Declaration of 
Independence, or of one who, as a member of the Continental Con- 
gress, or of the Congress of any of the Colonies or States, or as an 
official appointed by or under the authority of any such legislative 
bodies, actually assisted in the establishment of American Inde- 
pendence by services rendered during the War of the Revolution, 
becoming thereby liable to conviction of treason against the Gov- 
ernment of Great Britain, but remaining always loyal to the 
authority of the Colonies or States, shall be eligible to membership 
in the Society. 

Provided, That when the claim of eligibility is based on the 
service of an ancestor in the " minute men " or " militia," it must 
be satisfactorily shown that such ancestor was actually called into 
the service of the State or United States, and performed garrison 
or field duty ; and 

Provided further, That when the claim of eligibility is based 
on the service of an ancestor as a " sailor " or " marine " it must 



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in like manner be shown that such service was other than shore 
duty and regularly performed in the Continental Navy, or the 
navy of one of the original thirteen States, or on an armed vessel, 
other than a merchant ship, which sailed under letters of marque 
and reprisal, and that such ancestor of the applicant was duly 
enrolled in the ship's company, either as an officer, seaman or 
otherwise than as a passenger ; and 

Provided further, That when the claim of eligibility is based 
on the service of an ancestor as an " official," such service must 
have been performed in the civil service of the United States, or 
of one of the thirteen original States, and must have been suffi- 
ciently important in character to have rendered the official liable 
to arrest and imprisonment, the same as a combatant, if captured 
by the enemy, as well as liable to conviction of treason against the 
Government of Great Britain. 

Service in the ordinary duties of a civil office, the perform- 
ance of which did not particularly and effectively aid the Amer- 
ican Cause, shall not constitute eligibility. 

In the construction of this article, the Volunteer Aides-de- 
Camp of General Officers in Continental Service, who were duly 
announced as such and who actually served in the field during a 
campaign, shall be comprehended as having performed qualifying 
service. 

The civil officials and military forces of the State of Vermont, 
during the War of the Revolution, shall also be comprehended 
in the same manner as if they had belonged to one of the thirteen 
original States. 

No service of an ancestor shall be deemed as qualifying ser- 
vice for membership in the " Sons ok the Revolution " where 
such ancestor, after assisting in the cause of American Independ- 
ence, shall have subsequently either adhered to the enemy, or 
failed to maintain an honorable record throughout the War of the 
Revolution. 

No person shall be admitted unless he be eligible under one 
of the provisions of this article, nor unless he be of good moral 
character and be judged worthy of becoming a member. 



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SECTION III. 

Applicants for admission to membership in this Society must Nomination and 
be proposed by two members in good standing, to whom the appli- De e r c sn °p. ° 
cant is personally well known. 

The proposers to give the full name, occupation and resi- 
dence of the candidate, and other recommendations as to his 
worthiness for membership in the Society. This information shall 
be sent to the Secretary, who shall submit the same to the Board 
of Managers, and if approved by them, he shall furnish application 
blanks which must be filled out in accordance with the instructions 
accompanying the same, and be forwarded to the Secretary, who 
shall submit them to the Committee on Applications, and upon 
their approval the Board of Managers shall have the power to 
elect the applicant to membership. 

Applications shall contain, or be accompanied by, proof of 
eligibility, and such applications and proofs shall be submitted 
to the Board of Managers, who shall have full power to determine 
the qualifications of the applicants who, upon favorable action by 
said Board, and upon payment of the initiation fee, shall thereupon 
become members of the Society. 

SECTION IV. 
The initiation fee shall be ten (10) dollars, payable within Fee» for mem- 
thirty days after date of election; the annual dues three (3) dol- 
lars, payable in advance. The payment at one time of fifty (50) 
dollars shall constitute a life membership. The payment at one 
time of one hundred (100) dollars shall constitute a perpetual 
or endowed membersip, and upon the death of the member so 
paying, the membership shall be held by his eldest son, or such 
other lineal descendant from the ancestor whom he claims as he 
may nominate ; in failure of such nomination having been made, 
the Board of Managers may decide which one of such lineal 
descendants shall hold the membership ;Providcd, always. That the 
Society reserves to itself the privilege of rejecting, by its Board 
of Managers, any nomination that may not be acceptable to it. 
All applicants for life or endowed memberships shall be exempt 
from the payment of the initiation fee, and annual dues from the 



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date of their admission ; after admission, any member availing 
himself of a life or endowed membership shall be exempt from 
future annual dues only. 



Permanent fund. 



SECTION V. 

All initiation, life, and endowed membership fees, as well as 
donations and legacies, unless otherwise specified by the donor, 
which shall hereafter be paid to the Society, shall remain forever 
to the use of the Society as a permanent fund. 



Annual meeting 
and election of 
officers. 



SECTION VI. 

The annual meeting of the Society shall be held in the city 
of Philadelphia, on the third day of April, at which a general 
election of officers, managers and delegates, by ballot, shall take 
place, except when such date shall fall on Sunday, in which event 
the meeting shall be held on the following day. In such election 
a majority of the ballots given for any officer shall constitute a 
choice ; but if, on the first ballot, no person shall receive such 
majority, then a further balloting shall take place, in which a plu- 
rality of votes given for any officer shall determine the choice. 



Order of 
business. 



SECTION VII. 

The following shall be the order of business at the annual 
meetings of the Society : — 

1. Prayer by the chaplain. 

2. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 

3. Reports of officers and committees. 

4. Unfinished business. 

5. New business. 

G. Election of officers — an appointment by the President of 
a judge and two tellers to count the votes and declare the result. 
7. Reading of the rough minutes of the meeting. 



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SECTION VIII. 

At all meetings of the Society twenty-five (25) members Quorum, 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

SECTION IX. 
Ayes and nays shall be called at any meeting of the Society Ayes and nays, 
upon the demand of five members. 

SECTION X. 

The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, five officers. 
Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, Historian, 
Chaplain, and nine Managers, who shall be elected as herein pro- 
vided for. 

SECTION XI. 

The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, Presiding officer 
or, in their absence, a chairman pro tempore, shall preside at all 
meetings of the Society, and shall have a casting vote. He 
shall preserve order, and shall decide all questions of order, sub- 
ject to an appeal to the Society. 

SECTION XII. 

The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of Secretary, 
the Society. He shall notify all members of their election, and of 
such other matters as he may be directed by the Society. He 
shall have charge of the seal, certificate of incorporation and 
by-laws, and records of the Society, other than those deposited 
with the Registrar. He, together with the presiding officer, shall 
certify all acts of the Society. He shall, under the direction of 
the President or Vice-President, give due notice of the time and 
place of all meetings of the Society, and attend the same. He 
shall keep fair and accurate records of all the proceedings and 
orders of the Society ; and shall give notice to the several officers 
of all votes, orders, resolves, and proceedings of the Society affect- 
ing them, or appertaining to their respective duties. He shall be 
Secretary of the Board of Managers, and shall keep the record of 
their meetings in the regular minute-book of the Society. 



Registrar. 



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SECTION XIII. 

The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and securities 
of the Society ; and so often as those funds shall amount to one 
hundred (100) dollars, they shall be deposited in some bank or 
trust company in the city of Philadelphia, to the credit of the 
" Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution," and shall be 
drawn thence on the check of the Treasurer for the purposes of 
the Society only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums as 
may be ordered by the Society or by the Board of Managers. He 
shall keep a true account of his receipts and payments, and, at each 
annual meeting render the same to the Society. A committee 
shall be appointed by the President to audit his accounts. Ik- 
shall give such security as shall be required by the Board of Man- 
agers. 

SECTION XIV. 

The Registrar shall keep a roll of members, and in his hands 
shall be lodged all the proofs of membership qualification, and 
all the historical and other papers of which the Society may 
become possessed; and he, under the direction of the Board of 
Managers, shall make copies of such similar documents as the 
owners thereof are or may not be willing to leave permanently 
in the keeping of the Society. He, if practicable, shall be a 
member of the J-Iistorical Society of Pennsylvania. 



Historian. 



SECTION XV. 

The Historian shall keep a detailed record, to be deposited 
with the Registrar, of all the historical and commemorative cele- 
brations of the Society ; and he shall edit and prepare for publica- 
tion such historical addresses, essays, papers, and other documents 
of an historical character, other than a register of members, as 
the Secretary may be required to publish ; and at every annual 
meeting, if there shall be a necrological list for the year then clos- 
ing, he shall submit the same, with carefully-prepared biographies 
of the deceased members. 



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SECTION XVI. 

The Chaplain shall be a regularly ordained minister of a chaplain. 
Christian denomination, and it shall be his duty to open all meet- 
ings of the Society with customary chaplaincy services, and per- 
form such other duties as ordinarily appertain to such office. 

SECTION XVII. 
The Board of Managers shall consist of twenty, namely : The Board of 

, _ ~ n • Managers. 

President, five Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, 
Historian, and Chaplain, ex-officio, and nine other members. 
Three of the Vice-Presidents, and at least three of the nine man- 
agers, shall be non-residents of the city of Philadelphia. All of 
the officers and managers shall be elected at the annual meeting. 
Should a vacancy occur among the officers or managers, the Board 
of Managers may fill the same until the next annual election. 

They shall judge of the qualifications of the candidates for 
admission to the Society, and shall have power to elect the same 
to membership. They shall have charge of all special meetings of 
the Society, and shall, through the Secretary, call special meetings 
at any time, upon the written request of ten members of the 
Society, and at such other times as they see fit. They shall recom- 
mend plans for promoting the objects of the Society, shall digest 
and prepare business, and shall authorize the disbursement and 
expenditure of unappropriated money in the treasury for the pur- 
poses of the Society. They shall generally superintend the inter- 
ests of the Society, and execute all such duties as may be com- 
mitted to them by the Society. At each annual meeting of the 
Society they shall make a general report. 

At all meetings of the Board of Managers five members 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

SECTION XVIII. 

The chairman of the Board of Managers shall appoint Committ«on 
annually three members thereof as a Committee on Applications, a PP |ications - 
whose duty it shall be to pass upon the applications of candidates 
for admission to the Society, and report to the Board of Managers. 



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Expulsion or 
suspension of 
members. 



SECTION XIX. 

The Board of Managers shall have power to suspend any 
enrolled member of this Society who may, in the judgment of the 
Board, render himself unworthy to continue a member : Provided, 
That he shall have received at least thirty days' notice of the com- 
plaint preferred against him, and of the time and place for hearing 
the same, and have been thereby afforded an opportunity to be 
heard ; and Provided further. That such suspension shall become 
absolute, and such member shall cease to be a member unless he 
shall within thirty (30) days after notice of such suspension 
appeal to the Society, when a special meeting shall be called to 
pass upon and decide the case. 

The Board of Managers shall also have the power to drop 
from the roll the name of any enrolled member of the Society 
who shall be at least two years in arrears in the payment of dues, 
and who, on notice to pay the same, shall fail and neglect to do so 
within thirty days thereafter, and, upon being thus dropped, his 
membership shall cease and terminate, but he may be restored 
to membership at any time by the Board of Managers on his appli- 
cation therefor, and upon his payment of all such arrears and of 
the annual dues from the date when he was dropped to the date 
of his restoration. 



Commemorative 
services. 



SECTION XX. 

An annual church service shall be held on the Sunday near- 
est to the 19th day of December, commemorative of the com- 
mencement of the American Army's encampment at Valley Forge. 
Other commemorative services may be held at the discretion of 
the Board of Managers. 



SECTION XXI. 

Alteration of No alteration of the By-Laws of the Society shall be made 

By-Laws. unless such alteration shall have been proposed at a previous 

meeting, and shall be adopted by two-thirds of the members pres- 
ent at a subsequent meeting of the Society, at least two weeks' 
notice thereof having been given to each member. 



CHARTER 

OF THE 



l^ennsspitoanta §>octetj> 



OF 



$>ortg of t^e iSefcolutton 



To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, 
No. 4, of the County of Philadelphia: — 

In compliance with the requirements of an Act of the General 
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled, " An 
Act to provide for the Incorporation and Regulation of certain 
Corporations," approved the twenty-ninth day of April, A.D. 
1874, and the supplements thereto, the undersigned, all of whom 
are citizens of Pennsylvania, having associated themselves 
together for the purpose of maintaining a Society to keep alive 
among themselves and their descendants the patriotic spirit of the 
men who, in military, naval, and civil service, by their acts and 
counsel, achieved American Independence ; to collect and secure 
for preservation the manuscript rolls, records, and other docu- 
ments relating to the War of the Revolution, and to promote social 
intercourse and good feeling among its members now and here- 
after, and desiring that they may be incorporated according to 
law, do hereby certify 

First. — The name of the proposed corporation is the " Penn- 
sylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution." 

Second. — Said corporation is formed for the purpose of main- 
taining a society for patriotic purposes in connection with the 
War of American Independence, the collection and preservation 
of manuscripts, records, and documents relating to the War of 
the Revolution, and for social enjoyment and intercourse. 



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Third. — The business of said corporation is to be transacted 
in the County of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania. 

Fourth. — Said corporation is to exist perpetually. 

Fifth. — The names and residences of the subscribers are as 
follows: William Wayne, Paoli, Chester County, Pennsylvania; 
Richard M. Cadwalader, 1614 Locust Street, Philadelphia; 
Pennsylvania; George H. Burgin, 76 Chelten Avenue, German- 
town, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Robert P. Deciiert, 406 South 
Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; John W. Jordan. 806 
North Forty-first Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; J. Edward 
Carpenter, 228 South Twenty-first Street, Philadelphia, Penn- 
sylvania; J. Granville Leach, 21 18 Spruce Street, Philadelphia. 

Sixth. — The number of Directors of said corporation is fixed 
at nine (9), and the names and residences of those chosen for the 
first year are : J. Edward Carpenter, 228 South Twenty-first 
Street, Philadelphia, Penna. ; Oliver C. Bosbyshell, 4046 Chest- 
nut Street, Philadelphia, Penna. ; E. Dunbar Lockwood, Aldine 
Hotel, Philadelphia, Penna.; Samuel W. Pennypacker, 1540 
North Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Penna. ; Herman Burgin, 
76 Chelten Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Penna.; Thomas 
McKean, 1925 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Penna.; Charles 
Marshall, Germantown, Philadelphia, Penna.; William Henry 
Egle, Harrisburg, Penna.; Clifford Stanley Sims, Mount 
Holly, New Jersey. There is also a President of the said corpora- 
tion, a Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, and Chap- 
lain and Historian. 

The officers chosen for the first year are : President, William 
Wayne, Paoli, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Vice-President. 
Richard M. Cadwalader, 1614 Locust Street, Philadelphia; 
Secretary, George H. Burgin, M.D., Chelten Avenue, German- 
town, Philadelphia ; Treasurer, Robert P. Dechert, 406 South 
Broad Street, Philadelphia; Registrar, John YV. Jordan, 806 
North Forty-first Street, Philadelphia; Chaplain, Rev. George 



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Woolsey Hodge, 334 South Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia ; His- 
torian, J. Granville Leach, 21 18 Spruce Street, Philadelphia. 

Seventh. — There is no capital stock. 

Witness our hands and seals this fourth day of July, 
A.D. 1890. 

William Wayne, Robert P. Dechert, 

Richard M. Cadwalader, John W. Jordan, 

George H. Burgin, J. E. Carpenter, 

J. Granville Leach. 



Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ) 

> ss 
County of Philadelphia, j 

Before me, the subscriber, Recorder of Deeds of said County, 
personally appeared Richard M. Cadwalader, George H. 
Burgin and J. Edward Carpenter, three of the subscribers to 
the above and foregoing certificate of Incorporation of the " Penn- 
sylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution," and in due form of 
law acknowledged the same to be their act and deed. 

Witness my hand and official seal, this twelfth day of 
July, 1890. 

JOS. K. FLETCHER, 

Deputy Recorder. 



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DECREE 



In the Court of Common Pleas No. 4, of Philadelphia County. 

In the matter of the Incorporation of the " Pennsylvania 
Society of Sons of the Revolution." 

And now to wit, this 29th day of September, A.D. 1890, 
the above certificate of Incorporation having been on file in the 
office of the Prothonotary of said Court since the twelfth day of 
July, A.D. 1890, and due proof of publication of notice of intended 
application having been presented to me, I do hereby certify that 
I have perused and examined said Instrument and find the same 
to be in proper form and within the purposes named in the first 
class of corporations specified in Section 2 of the Act of April 
29th, 1874, and that purposes are lawful and not injurious to the 
community. It is therefore ordered and decreed that the said 
charter be approved and it is hereby approved, and upon the 
recording of the said Charter and its endorsements and this order 
in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for said County, 
which is now hereby ordered, the subscribers thereto and their 
associates shall thenceforth be a corporation for the purpose and 
upon the terms under the name therein stated. 

M. ARNOLD, 
Judge of Court of Common Pleas No. 4, 
First Judicial District of Penna. 

Recorded in the office for the recording of Deeds, &c, in and 
for the City and County of Philadelphia, in Charter Beok No. 
16, page 413, &c. 

Witness my hand and seal of office, this tenth day of 
November, A.D. 1890. 

GEO. S. PIERIE, 

Recorder of Deeds. 



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